TEMPO FEEL: 124 BPM but laid-back pocket] [PHRASING: slightly behind beat, leave space, never rush lines] [INTRO – 3 bars looping] (…) noticing… (…) noticing… (plucks echo: 1–2–3–#4, very spaced) [VERSE 1 – low, intimate, Dorian feel] (…) something about you… — i can’t put my finger on it (…) i love being around you… your my sun rays in the morning (…) maybe it’s your look, your charm or is it your touch… — whatever it is, you light me up[soaring] (…) when the stars align … I will call you mine (…) you remind me of summer when i close my eyes (…) my Heart racing—… I/feel/butterflies (…) In this moment… for the rest of my life [PRE-CHORUS – gentle lift, more sustain] (…) I read you… in the silence (…) you move—but never show (…) I feel it… when you hide it (…) something I already know— [CHORUS – open, Lydian lift, POP anchor] (…) Feels like sunlight… on me— (…) don’t wake me… im dreamin— (…) don’t wake me… im dreamin— (…) you don’t gotta… say it (…) Feels like sunlight… on me— (…) don’t wake me… Im dreamin— (…) don’t wake me… im dreamin— (…) we just let it… play— [POST-CHORUS – groove chant, rhythmic] (…) don’t wake me (…) just let me (…) stay in it— (…) stay in it— [VERSE 2 – slightly more confident, same pocket] (…) Late night… shifting energy (…) you here—but drift away (…) Say you good—but… I hear it (…) in everything… you don’t say (…) We don’t label… what this is (…) still it pulls me back again (…) If it fades… in the morning (…) why you here… when it ends? [PRE-CHORUS – more tension] (…) I read you… in the silence (…) you move—but never show (…) I feel it… when you hide it (…) some/ things/ I/ already know— [CHORUS – fuller, layered, still spaced] (…) Feels like sunlight… on me— (…) don’t wake me… Im dreamin— (…) don’t wake me… Im dreamin— (…) you don’t gotta… say it (…) Feels like sunlight… on me— (…) don’t wake me… Im dreamin— (…) don’t wake me… im dreamin— (…) we just let it… play—[subtle funky guitar enters] [BRIDGE – stripped, emotional, slower feel, Drummer, strong drum presents] (…) Might be real… — might be nothing (…) still I stay… in the MO-ment (…) If it’s gone… when I wake up (…) I don’t wanna… know— (…) don’t wake me… (…) don’t wake me… [FINAL CHORUS – widest, most open] (…) Feels like sunlight… on me— (…) don’t wake me… Im dreamin— (…) don’t wake me… Im dreamin— (…) you don’t gotta… say it (…) Feels like sunlight… on me— (…) don’t wake me… im dreamin— (…) don’t wake me… Im dreamin— (…) stay in it… don’t fade—[funky guitar bass, disco] ————- [ambient chant enters] [vocals are spaces] Oh oh, ooo ooo Oh oh, ooo oh ooo Oh oh, ooo ooo Oh oh, ooo oh ooo [add scat chant] [scat vocal melodies] (Skeee da da doo ba bag ooo (Shoo Dee beee da bah dahhh) (Baba bash dah dah dahhh dahhh) [add scat chant] [scat vocal melodies] [OUTRO – unresolved loop] (…) don’t wake me… (…) let me Dream… (…) and stay … —in ittt[soaring run] (fades mid-phrase, never resolves)
